Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-02
LIGHTNING LEGISLATION.
CONGRESS SHOWING WHAT 1T CAN
DO WHEN 1T PLEASES.

A Champion Day for Passing Laws in
Short Order-The Member with His Lit
tie Bill-A Matter of Assoeiatcs-Hen-
nepin Canal on Hand-The Debt and
the Finances-A Good Record.
WASHINGTON CITY, March 2.-Three at
temptS in the senate Tuesday TO dispense
with the reading of the journal were defeated
by Edmunds, who objected with the
purpose of insisting on the orderly trans
action of business i message from the
president vetoing tie bill for public build
ing at Lafayette, Ind, was received and re
ferred. The credentials of Turpie, senator
elect from Indiana, were reported from the
elections committee and filed, together with
the protests in the case, Hear stating that
this action was without prejudice to any in
terest A resolution that the senate inset at
II a. m. daily was adopted Fifty seven PEN
sion bllls-Gl on the calendar-were passed
in twenty five minutes and seventeen bills
removing the charge of desertion were
passed in twenty minutes. Bills were passed:
Granting right-of-way through Indian ter
ritory to the Chicago, Kansas & Ne
Vi iohfh id4ihhl LbI Il I5fUl
Of the United states court at Duluth, MINI. i;
anneNing portion of Idaho to Washington
territory. The conference report on the river
and harbor bill was presented Eimnnds III
sisted on it being read and then
left the chamber. The report was
agreed TO- The bill forfeiting Ger
tam lands granted to Michigan for the
Ontonagon railway was passed, as was the
bill conveying TO Aurora, lis, small island
in Fox river. Senate bill to quiet titles of
settlers on the DeS Moines river lands in Iowa
was passed. The conference report on the
consular and diplomatic bill was agreed to,
and pending discussion on the bill TO settle
land claims in New Mexico, Arizona, and
Colorado, the senate took recess until s r.
M When the senate met again the pending
bill was passed after amending it 50 that it
shall apply TO other states and territories
The bill for the allowance of certain claims
for commissary and quartermasters' stores,
taken during the war in border states was
passed Eulogies were then pronounced on
the late Representatives Arnot, Beach, and
Dowdney of New York, and Price of Wis
consin, and the senate at 1l:i5 adjourned
The house passed the bill appropriating
for the next fiscal year 10 pay Mexican
pensions, and agreed to the following con-
ference reports: On bill prohibiting alien
ownership of real estate in the territories; on
river and harbor bill tsppropriating $9,9i9.-
sG0(, and on the Indian appropriation. After
debate the deficiency appropriation bill
was passed under the suspension of the rules,
as was also the legislative appropriation bill
with an amendment making the portion not
considered conform to last years bill
The house refused to consider the
conference report on the fractional
gallon tax bill, and the disagree
ing conference report on the Canadian
retaliatofy bill being presented, Rice moved
that the house recede, but pending action
recess was taken until p m At the even
ing session large number of bills authoriz-
ing the construction of bridges were passed,
among them bridges across tie Missouri
river at Kansas CITY and Omaha, and across
the NIssiSs Poi at keokuk The house then
ad jouTnei